Tensions At Assam-Arunachal Border Over Land Encroachment Allegations
NDTV
A senior officer said, some people from Arunachal Pradesh had encroached on reserved forest land at Panbari to set up an agricultural farm and fenced the area leading to tensions.
A group of people in Assam's Dhemaji district have objected to an alleged land encroachment by some residents of neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, leading to tension in the disputed inter-state border area, police said on Tuesday.
They claimed that some people from Arunachal Pradesh had encroached on reserved forest land at Panbari to set up an agricultural farm and fenced the area, a senior officer said.
Locals on the Assam side had opposed it and removed the fence, while some people from Arunachal Pradesh attacked an Assamese family and took away their motorcycle on Monday evening, he said.
Police personnel from the Bordoloni outpost of Dhemaji rushed to the spot, and discussions among the officials of both the states were also held, the officer said.
